California USA-1971: Family Picnic Near The Lake On A Beautiful Sunny Day

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Year1971
Decade1970s
LocationCalifornia, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1971 California

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Family Picnic Near The Lake On A Beautiful Sunny Day — Clip Details

A vintage 8mm home movie from 1971 captures a family picnic by a lake in California. The footage shows several people gathered around a wooden picnic table under a large tree, enjoying food and conversation on a sunny day. A woman in a striped shirt and another in a colorful vest are prominent, with others in casual 1970s attire. The scene is bathed in warm, natural light, with the lake and distant hills visible in the background. The film exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color saturation, evoking a nostalgic, authentic family memory.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123054879

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1758 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: III-02,sacto state
Reel-level year note: 1971
Reel-level location note: california,sacramento
Date: 1971 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: California, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1970s California family-life requests needing real 8mm picnic, lake, leisure, or domestic recreation footage for documentary or editorial inserts.
Period detail: The clothing, picnic table setting, bright drink cups, and home-movie color suggest an early 1970s outdoor family gathering, consistent with the supplied 1971 date.
Home-movie behavior: The value is in the casual, unstaged gathering as adults sit, stand, eat, and talk under trees beside the water.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a shaded picnic table, seated adults, a striped shirt, a colorful vest, drink cups, tree trunks, blue lake water, and distant dry hills.
Film character: The clip has warm 8mm color, visible grain, soft focus, uneven exposure, and handheld framing that preserve the texture of an original home-movie scan.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a memory beat, family leisure cutaway, lake picnic insert, or transitional shot for 1970s California outdoor life.
Historical context: The scene shows informal social recreation in a lakeside park-like setting, with adults gathered around shared food and conversation on a sunny day.
Research note: People and recognizable faces are visible, so likeness review may be needed in addition to copyright and any location or property assessment.
Research search match: Searches this clip may match include 1971 California 8mm family picnic, 1970s lake outing, home movie picnic table, and vintage lakeside recreation.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then with California 1971 lake or picnic footage, then with broader 1970s family leisure scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

1971 California 8mm frame showing adults at a picnic table under trees, with lake water and dry hills behind them. — Adults sit and stand around a lakeside picnic table in tree shade.

Adults in casual 1970s clothing sit and stand around a picnic table near a California lake, with trees framing the scene. — The group continues their lakeside picnic beneath large trees.

A woman in a striped shirt sits at the picnic table while another adult stands nearby, with lake and trees in the background. — A seated woman is framed closer beside cups and picnic items.

Close 8mm frame of a woman in a striped shirt at the California lakeside picnic, with trees and water behind her. — The camera moves closer to the seated woman at the picnic.

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